Martin Stevens

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigate the prevalence and circumstances of situations where access to an adult at risk is denied or difficult and what helps those in practice, based on a literature review, a survey of adult safeguarding managers and interviews with social care staff.

TL;DR: Martin worked for five years with people with learning disabilities, in a residential setting, and then became a research officer in a large shire county social services department as discussed by the authors, where he undertook first a Masters in Social Research and then a Ph.D., in addition to completing research projects on a wide variety of social care topics.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors explore arguments for and against increasing social workers' legal powers in adult protection in England, where there is no direct power of entry, and draw on a re...

TL;DR: In this article, the authors explore debates about the powers social workers may need to undertake safeguarding enquiries where access to the adult is denied, and conclude that a more socially mediated rather than an essentialist understanding of the concepts of vulnerability, autonomy and privacy allows for more nuanced approaches to social work practice in respect of using powers of entry and intervention with adults at risk who have capacity to make decisions.

TL;DR: The changes in admissions work for social work staff in higher education associated with the change from diploma to degree level qualification for entry to the profession are described.